Agua la boca

Reviews history of some of Mexico City's most popular, successful and emblematic restaurants, from end of "Frenchified" Porfirian age to first decade of 21st century. Based on citations in contemporaneous chronicles, culinary reviews, and even works of fiction, profiles creators, menus, ambience and patrons of establishments ranging from sprawling popular family-style Arroyo to stately neo-baroque Bellinghausen to cutting-edge nouvelle mexicain Pujol, along with events that transpired within and around them.